It's ON topic. Exhibits should be a good market for B&W inkjet prints.
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Arthur Fink
<af@a...> wrote:
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> Have any of you used backlit films? I'm wanting to put some prints
in a
> store window against the glass. Any recommendations / cautions / etc?
Must it be "against the glass"? That requires someone to clean the
glass thoroughly before application.
I've done something comparable using Ciba transparencies (up to
30X30") against lucite: Sprayed the lucite with a particular 3-M spray
adhesive (don't recall which one, then pressed large Cibas in place
with a roller to eliminate bubbles and get good adhesion...I wanted an
adhesive that would be totally transparent, adhere 24/7 for years but
peel off when I wanted to replace...I identified the right industrial
spray adhesive with 3M's advice...free-standing internally-lit Hyatt
Regency exhibits I'd designed, a dozen were in place for around ten
years.
I did something comparable but less ambitious for a real estate
brokerage chain using a plastic-based B&W Kodak print material
("Translite" comes to mind..might have been the name...nice tonal
scale) AND Kodalith for captions/text/graphics (also used Kodalith for
Hyatt). Instead of attaching to windows with spray adhesive I
built/contracted minimalist/finely-crafted 11X14 lucite envelopes into
which photos could be slid. The downside to this was that the lucite
got dusty and couldn't be cleaned well, whereas Hyatt's exposed
Kodalith and Ciba could be readily cleaned with damp cloths.
Some translucent plastic substrates (plastic "velum" but reportedly
not all varieties) reportedly work well with Epson pigments...I've
seen ads for an inkjet wedding album source offering "velum"..browse
for source...I've been meaning to experiment with some generic local
stationary store velum...
John Kelly
Albuquerque
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ON topic: Backlit films
2005-10-25 by djon43